Unwanted Cinema (2005)

Original title

Unerwünschtes Kino

Directed by

Petrus Let

Genre

documentary film

Country

Austria

Runtime

1h 30m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the lives and careers of Jewish filmmakers who worked in Budapest and Vienna during the 1930s after Hitler came to power. It shows clips from their films and includes interviews with their family members.

informativenostalgicsoberhistoricalreflectivepersonalquietly earnest

What happens

Unwanted Cinema is a documentary film by Petrus van der Let and Armin Loacker that looks at the lives and careers of Jewish filmmakers in Budapest and Vienna during the 1930s after Adolf Hitler came to power. Unwanted Cinema features Henry Koster, Felix Jackson, Joe Pasternak, Otto Wallburg, Hans Jaray, Franziska Gaal, Rosy Rarsony, Hortense Raky, Oskar Pilzer, Zolan Vidor, Ernst Verebes. The documentary shares clips from their films and interviews with their family. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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